[gentoo-amd64] Re: provide net

2005-12-29 Thread Duncan
Dave Crane posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below, on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:48:34 -0500: >> because net.lo is not usefull for a system that provides services. >> for example running a ssh server for net.lo is kinda silly :) > > Maybe we should all remove the localhost line from /etc/hosts if

Re: [gentoo-amd64] provide net

2005-12-29 Thread Nuitari
Or maybe its should be left to the app. adding RC_NET_STRICT_CHECKING would have other consequences. One size does not fit all here. If net.lo is the only thing that satisfies net on a given system and the process doesnt have a problem attaching to that (as I just verified with both sshd and ap

Re: [gentoo-amd64] provide net

2005-12-29 Thread Simon Stelling
Hi, Dave Crane wrote: because net.lo is not usefull for a system that provides services. for example running a ssh server for net.lo is kinda silly :) Maybe we should all remove the localhost line from /etc/hosts if it's silly. You could, but GNOME won't be happy. Silly, isn't it? ;) Mayb

Re: [gentoo-amd64] provide net

2005-12-29 Thread Dave Crane
> because net.lo is not usefull for a system that provides services. > for example running a ssh server for net.lo is kinda silly :) Maybe we should all remove the localhost line from /etc/hosts if it's silly. Maybe /etc/fstab should be /etc/conf.d/filesystems? > > I'm asking this because last we

Re: [gentoo-amd64] provide net

2005-12-29 Thread Harm Geerts
On Thursday 29 December 2005 16:58, Lorenzo Milesi wrote: > I've a simple question, not really AMD64 specific: why net.lo does not > provide "net"? because net.lo is not usefull for a system that provides services. for example running a ssh server for net.lo is kinda silly :) > I'm asking this bec

[gentoo-amd64] provide net

2005-12-29 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
Hi I've a simple question, not really AMD64 specific: why net.lo does not provide "net"? I'm asking this because last week at home I couldn't run apache2 because I didn't have an interface up but lo. But this is silly, because I could still use apache2 locally! Am I wrong? Is my system wrong? th